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PATENTED DEG. 15, 1903..

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1903. no MODEL.

@BDG/WZZJUIZ, 9M- 37 V v UNITED STAT S Patented December 15, 1903.

EDWIN BENTON DENNISON, OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.-746,6 dated December 1903;

Application filed August 11, 1903. Serial No. 169,145. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN BENTON DEN- NISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eureka, in the county of Humboldt and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improved Saw, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to saws, more particularly to cros'scut-saws, and has for its object to improve the construction and form of the teeth and also facilitate the gumming or renewing process; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure l is a side view of asection of a saw embodying the improved construction. Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same.

The improved construction may be embodied in connection with several forms of sawteeth, but is more particularly applicable to the class of saws known as drag-saws, generally operated by two persons, and for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to a section of a saw of this class, the body of the saw being indicated at 10. The cutting-teeth are arranged in pairs 11 12, each pair spaced apart and with drag or clearing teeth 13 14 between the pairs. The clearing-teeth are arranged in relatively close proximity at their roots to each alternate pair of the cuttingteeth and inclined away from such closelyassociated teeth and inclined toward but spaced from said remaining alternately-dis.

hooked in the. opposite direction from the remainder, so .that one halfthe teeth act when the saw is moved in one direction and the remaining half when the saw is moved in the opposite direction. By this arrangement it WlllIlOl' be necessary to swage the clearingteeth, as the double action will render this unnecessary. The V shape of the gullets in the rear of the clearing-teeth enables them to very readily clear themselves from sawdust and effectually prevents clogging.

Formed in the body of the saw and spaced from the bottoms of the gullets l5 and conforming in contour thereto are curved clefts 17 18, separated at their outer ends from the gullets by solid portions 19 20 of the saw material and the inner ends separated by a solid portion 21, the latter beingof relativelysmall area to readily break when the solid portions 19 20 are filed asunder. An aperture 22 is formed through the material opposite the solid portion 21 to receive a file end or other implement to assist in breaking the portion 21. By this simple arrangement when the saw is to be gum med it is only necessary to sever the relatively small solid portions 19 20 and break out the portion thereby released by inserting a suitable implement in the aper ture does not weaken the saw or render it liable to fracture and will not add materially to the expense.

In felling-saws which are used horizontally there is always an accumulation of sawdust in the kerf at a point to the rear of the saw. This materially interferes with the operation of the saw and its removal from the kerf. To obviate this, I form recesses 30 in the rear edge of the saw, the edges of the recesses being in the form of teeth that will engage the sawdust and feed the same from the kerf.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim ist 1. A saw the teeth whereof are divided by gullets and having clefts conforming in contour to the bottoms of the g'ullets and spaced therefrom, the outer ends of the clefts separated from the gullet area by solid portions of the saw material, and the adjacent inner ends of the clefts separated by a breakable section of the saw material, and with an-aperture between said clefts and gnllets, suberture between the solid portion separating stantially as described. said clefts and the bottom of the gullet, sub- 2. A saw the teeth whereof are divided by stantially as described. gnllets and having clefts conforming in con- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 tour to the bottoms of the gullets and spaced my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 15 therefrom, the outer ends of the clefts sepathe presence of two witnesses.

rated from the gullet area by solid portions EDWIN BENTON DENNISON. of the saw material, and the adjacent inner Witnesses: ends of the clefts separated bya breakable GEORGE W. RAGER,

40 section of the saw material, and with an ap- ROBERT B. MILLER. 

